Putlos military training area

Coat of arms TrÜbPlKdtr Putlos

TrpÜbPl Putlos and Todendorf

Putlos military training area​

Schleswig-Holstein

The military training area Putlos (abbreviated: TrÜbPl Putlos) is a training area of ​​the Bundeswehr and is located in the Ostholstein district in Schleswig-Holstein . With the Todendorf branch subordinate to the military training area command , it is the only military training area in Schleswig-Holstein and the only one in Germany with a coastal connection. Although it is comparatively small with a land area of ​​only approx. 12.5 km², the safety area belonging to the site at sea covers an area of ​​approx. 486 km².
The Putlos dolmens are located on the military training area .

geography

location

The TrÜbPl Putlos is located in the Ostholstein district immediately west of the city of Oldenburg in Holstein and directly on the Baltic Sea coast. It is located approx. 50 km east of the state capital Kiel and about as far north of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck , with which it is connected by the BAB 1 and the Vogelfluglinie railway line, which is currently being expanded. The surrounding area has been developed for tourism, to the west is the Weißenhäuser Strand seaside resort and to the east is the Blank Eck campsite .

Warning areas and warning lights

Since 1986, a warning fire has been warning shipping traffic of the military exclusion zone at sea during target practice. The beacon has a range of at least six nautical miles and can be seen as far as the south-western tip of Fehmarn ( Krummsteert ).

The white concrete tower with a red lantern house, gallery and round flat roof is located in Hohwacht Bay within the military training area, southwest of Heiligenhafen. In addition to the military firing range Putlos, the warning fire also serves as a warning fire in the Todendorf area:

With red and yellow light signals, the tower draws attention to the fact that the German Navy is carrying out target exercises on air and sea targets in the restricted military areas . At the light signal "Fl Y" (flash yellow) there is shooting in the warning area Todendorf, at "Fl R" (flash red) in the warning area Putlos, with alternating Fl Y, Fl R in both warning areas.

The warning areas are also marked on land by poles with a yellow cross as a top sign and the inscription “Warning area” or “Warn-G.” . On the water, the marking is done by yellow drum buoys, light buoys or spar buoys . During target practice, the restricted areas are additionally protected by security vehicles.

The warning light is part of a chain of six towers in this area (from east to west): Heidkate , Hubertsberg , Neuland , Wessek and Heiligenhafen .

Landscape area and cultural-historical significance

Putlos is part of the eastern hill country of Schleswig-Holstein, which was formed in the Ice Age, a landscape rich in shapes, to which Holstein Switzerland also belongs to the south . The 65 m high Wienberg, one of the highest elevations in the area of ​​the military training area, is home to an important Bronze Age site: a ground monument consisting of 30 to 150 m long barrows from around 2,500 BC. The graves are considered to be the largest closed complex of this type in northern Germany.

Importance and protection of the natural area

The forest areas of the former Putlos estate, which existed until the 1930s, were decimated due to use and transferred to extensive grasslands of great importance for nature conservation.

After the high natural value of many military training areas was recognized, the Federal Minister of Defense created a comprehensive set of rules to safeguard nature based on the biotope mapping carried out in the 1990s. In the case of intervention projects, based on civil nature conservation law, a site analysis of the protected goods soil, water, species and biotope protection is required. In addition, a usage and land cover plan (BB plan) must be drawn up for each exercise area , which is preceded by a spatial analysis of the natural features and geology . For the Putlos military training area, this meant that it had to be reported to the EU as a Natura 2000 area in accordance with RL 92/43 / EEC and 79/409 / EEC due to its particularly valuable biotope configuration (BMVg 2003).

history

The military training area Putlos was created in the course of the general armament in 1935 primarily as a firing and training area for the still young armored troops of the Wehrmacht . The Georgenhof ⊙ , located here, was managed by the later colonel and last commander of the 7th Panzer Division, Hans Christern . Other abandoned farms were the Putlos estate ⊙ , Weidehof ⊙ and Schassau ⊙ . Air defense was also trained during the war.

The place was under British administration until 1957, after which it was taken over by the Bundeswehr . Since then, different formations and units were in the renamed from "stone warehouse" in "Wagrien barracks" property, which now belongs to TrÜbPl Putlos stationed until 1993, this was initially the Infantry Battalion 512. After the resolution was initially also the future of Barracks unclear, but today they are also home to permanently stationed troops.

coat of arms

Blazon : Early Gothic half-round shield (Spanish shield) in red with a silver border, on it a silver nettle leaf with a centrally arranged crosshair and a symbolic battle tank, as well as the coat of arms of the Ostholstein district in the upper area. In the upper part of the shelf the words “KOMMANDANTUR PUTLOS” and in the semicircle “TRUPPEN-ÜBUNGSPLATZ”.

Refugee camp

The Putlos military training area and the Wagrien barracks have been used three times in its history to accommodate refugees.

The end of the Second World War

After the Second World War , around 5,000 people who had fled from the eastern regions temporarily lived in Putlos. They were housed in the barracks of the practicing troops.

The end of the GDR

In November 1989 the Putlos military training area was used to accommodate 950 refugees from what was then the German Democratic Republic ( GDR ). The 700 soldiers stationed for exercises at that time were sent back to their home locations. In the evening hours of November 6, 1989, the refugees from the Prague embassy arrived at the Oldenburg train station after a 20-hour journey in two special trains. The refugees were then taken to the barracks for temporary accommodation in 15 Bundeswehr buses.

2015 refugee crisis

In the course of the refugee crisis in Germany from 2015 triggered by the civil war in Syria , numerous refugees also had to be temporarily housed in Schleswig-Holstein. Since the capacities of the previous reception camps were insufficient, at the request of the then Interior Minister Stefan Studt , armed forces properties were also considered for use. After approval by the BMVg , state accommodation for up to 800 asylum seekers was set up in September 2015 in the military camp of the Putlos military training area in the Wagrien barracks and expanded to up to 1,500 places from December. Due to the sharp drop in the number of refugees, the state accommodation was closed on June 15, 2016 and returned to the Bundeswehr.

Current usage

Although the training area offers only limited opportunities for large-scale movements due to its small extent on land, almost all army's weapon systems can fire on it. It offers opportunities for

• School and combat shooting
• On-board weapons for armored vehicles up to 120 mm
• Tube and rocket artillery on sea targets, also direct aiming
• Mortars on land and sea targets
• Anti-tank guided missiles (MILAN; TOW, HOT also from helicopters)
• Hand weapons
• Machine guns
• Anti-tank hand weapons (also HEAT-RA)
• Throwing stands for hand grenades
• Blasting sites
• Self-propelled howitzer PzH 2000 (155 mm)
• MARS missile artillery system
• Shoot with the Fliegerfaust Stinger

The current shooting times are brought to the knowledge of shipping.

Until the decision to abolish the Gepard weapon system in 2010, the Army Air Defense Force was the main user of the site.

The Putlos special pioneer training and exercise center is located in Putlos. In addition to training in field camp construction and operation, there is also a pipeline pioneer training facility on the site. Without these nationwide unique training units, no field camp pioneer or pipeline pioneer will be deployed in Afghanistan.

In the summer half of the year, tent camps of the youth organizations of various rescue services take place on the grounds of the military training area. The site administration assesses this networking, as well as the public visiting days, as a significant contribution to the maintenance of the site.

Realignment as part of the 2011 Bundeswehr reform

The Putlos military training area was also affected as part of the 2011 Bundeswehr reform . The shooting training center, the 6th anti-aircraft regiment and the medical unit were disbanded. 480 posts were lost as a result, 250 posts remained.

The economic added value that previously radiated across the region was directly affected by this decision.

Incidents

At the end of May 2011, a soldier shot a manned tow plane in Putlos with an infrared guided anti-aircraft missile of the type FIM-92 Stinger . After various preparatory exercises, unmanned drones were to be fired at on shooting range 6 of the military training area. Even before the actual deployment time, the fire escape, a sergeant , gave the shooting order. As a result, the soldier mistakenly shot the guided missile at a civilian aircraft that was towing targets on an adjacent firing range . At the 2013 court hearing, it was also unclear why the rocket missed the aircraft with a specified hit rate of 80 percent and hit a wooded area near the firing range. Criminal and disciplinary proceedings were initiated against the sergeant . The former was suspended in 2013 at the request of the public prosecutor's office in exchange for a fine.

Web links

• TrÜbPl Putlos at Kommando.Streitkräftebasis.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ according to the topographic map in the official geodata portal "DigitalerAltasNord" (accessed on July 2, 2012)
2. ↑ Report on ornithological excursions in Putlos (PDF; 381 kB)
3. ↑ Armed Forces Report (PDF; 6.3 MB)
4. ↑ (met): In Putlos, soldiers made room for 950 GDR citizens . Ed .: Kieler Nachrichten. November 7, 1989.
5. ^ Lübecker Nachrichten: Putlos: Emergency room for 800 refugees
6. ^ Ostholsteiner Anzeiger: Putlos ready for refugees
7. ↑ Capacity will be increased. In: http://www.fehmarn24.de/ . November 5, 2015, accessed May 18, 2016 . 
8. ↑ State accommodation for refugees in Putlos closes . In: Welt Online . May 3, 2016 ( online [accessed May 18, 2016]).
9. ↑ The refugee accommodation will be closed. May 25, 2016. Retrieved October 24, 2017 . 
10. ↑ [1] Shooting times in Putlos and Todendorf
11. ↑ Report on the camp training in the regional press  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
12. ↑ ff-city center. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on November 12, 2016 ; accessed on April 15, 2018 . 
13. ^ Report on the summer camp of the Johanniter Accident Aid. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on April 15, 2018 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  
14. ^ Report on the cross-off list of the Ministry of Defense of October 26, 2011 ( Memento of October 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
15. ^ Inquiries to federal and state parliament members from the Oldenburg / Ostholstein region
16. ↑ Holger Marohn: Dangerous mistake: Soldier fires rocket at aircraft . Lübecker Nachrichten, September 20, 2013.